Over at Main St. USA, they note with glee:
Confirmed: Dave O’Brien and Eric Wynalda are out as MLS’ #1 broadcast team and will be replaced by JP Dellacamera and John Harkes.
Please, please, please, let them be out as the USSoccer announcers, too. If I ever have to hear Dave O’Brien reveal his sketchy knowledge of soccer again, it will be too soon.
One can only hope Dave O’Brien will return to ‘focus on baseball’. But I hate to see Eric Wynalda go. He’s opinionated, sure. But his broadcasts were always entertaining. Hopefully he’ll still be covering US Soccer matches, alongside Bruce Arena where the tension can be cut with a knife. Always fun.
If JP and Harkes are the #1 team, who is going to step up to be the second team? Who would you like to see?Â
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January 18th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I respectfully disagree with the praise that Wynalda is getting. I found his commentary to be next to useless and regularly inane. (sort of like listening to Dan Dierdorf(sp?) doing NFL games in the beginning of his career). I often found myself thinking “just shut up” when ever he opened his mouth. The only time that I enjoyed him at all was when I thought that he and Tommy Smyth and he were about to go at each other.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Its funny that you mention about your favorite match was when he was ‘about to go at’ someone else. I think that’s partly why I enjoy his USMNT broadcasts so much, especially when he’s paired with Bruce. You’re just waiting for a fight to break out.
Perhaps my enjoyment of his commentary is simply relative to DO, ie Eric knows of what he speaks – Dave, not so much LOL